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Music Alive
Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house for live concerts featuring local and international artists.
Monday to Friday at 8pm, with Opera at 7pm on Saturday
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03 June 2024
with Clarissa Dunn
The NZSO & The Phoenix Foundation - Celebrate!
The Phoenix Foundation perform songs in arrangements by NZ composers Claire Cowan, Chris Gendall, Gareth Farr & Hamish Oliver
The Phoenix Foundation, New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)
Strauss, Richard: Symphonia Domestica Op 53 - New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ )
Traditional: Lota Nu'u - Christie Cook (mezzo-soprano), Whānau London Voices (Whānau London Voices Royal Albert Hall, London)
Latest audio
Saturday, 9 March 2024
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NZSO Beyond Words
9 Mar 2024Beyond Words is a New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concert marking the fifth anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque attacks featuring Moroccan singer-songwriter Oum and Greek/Cypriot oud player Kyriakos… Read more Audio
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SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47
9 Mar 2024Performed by Hazuki Katsukawa at the National Concerto Competition at Christchurch Town Hall. 09 March 2024. Recorded and produced by Adrian Hollay for RNZ Concert. Audio
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National Concerto Competition Final 2024
9 Mar 2024The Final of the National Concerto Competition in 2024, which was held at the Christchurch Town Hall. Read more Audio
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Wednesday, 6 March 2024
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Dame Kiri & Friends - The Gala Concert
6 Mar 2024A spectacular gala concert drawn from our archives presented by the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation in 2006. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs with her long-time friend and colleague, Frederica von Stade, and… Read more Audio
Thursday, 29 February 2024
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PAGANINI: Caprice Op 1 No 13, 'The Devil's Laugh'
29 Feb 2024Performed as an encore by Robert Ashworth at the Auckland Philharmonia's Premier Series concert 'In The Italian Style', Auckland Town Hall, 29 February 2024. Read more Audio
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BERLIOZ: Harold In Italy
29 Feb 2024Performed by violist Robert Ashworth and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert 'In The Italian Style', Auckland Town Hall, 29 February 2024. Read more Audio
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MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A, Italian
29 Feb 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert 'In The Italian Style', Auckland Town Hall, 29 February 2024. Read more Audio
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SCHUBERT: Overture in C In The Italian Style
29 Feb 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert 'In The Italian Style', Auckland Town Hall, 29 February 2024. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: In The Italian Style
29 Feb 2024The Auckland Philharmonia's Principal viola Robert Ashworth stars in Berlioz's hybrid symphony-concerto-tone poem 'Harold in Italy' and Giordano Bellincampi conducts in a programme that also includes… Read more Audio
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Tuesday, 27 February 2024
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Bella Hristova and Michael Houstoun in recital
27 Feb 2024Violinist Bella Hristova and pianist continue their magical collaboration with a recital in Auckland to celebrate the release of their new CD of the complete violin sonatas by Brahms. Read more Audio
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Wednesday, 21 February 2024
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Auckland Philharmonia: Mozart 40
21 Feb 2024Following a New Zealand premiere of a work by Swedish composer Andrea Torrodi, Ilya Gringolts joins the orchestra for a performance of Prokofiev's First Piano Concerto and the programme rounds off… Read more Audio
Thursday, 11 January 2024
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Auckland Philharmonia: Gade and Dvorak
11 Jan 2024The Auckland Philharmonia with conductor Giordano Bellincampi performs works by Neils Gade and Antonin Dvorak. Read more
Music Alive
Catch the first broadcast of a new recording from New Zealand, or something from overseas - perhaps from the European Broadcasting Union, the Salzburg Festival or the Sydney Opera House. The NZSO are regular performers, and Thursdays are often the domain of the Auckland Philharmonia; You might hear an ensemble touring with Chamber Music New Zealand, something from the Wellington Jazz Festival or music from around the world via the WOMAD festival.
Tune into Music Alive on RNZ Concert on Monday to Friday at 8pm, with Opera at 7pm on Saturday
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